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Which Bodywork Supplier?
GaryM - 1/6/05 at 06:20 PM

I'm nearing the point in my build when I need to start thinking about buying some fibreglass body work.

I like the Caterham look (ali bonnet, sides and rear panel) and so I will probably only need a nose cone, scuttle, front and rear mudguards package.

I'm only using 13x6 wheels (185 tyres) on a Mk1 Escort live axle, so I don't need massive rear arches and I would prefer not to have my xflow twin choke weber air filter sticking up thru the bonnet (if possible).

Can anyone suggest/recommend a manufacturer that make a decent set of bodywork that meets these criteria?

Cheers
Gary

Mark18 - 1/6/05 at 06:51 PM

Luego locost stuff is what I have - looks fantastic but seems to have gone up a good bit in price since I got mine. Stuart Taylor also do well proportioned stuff but may require some fettling.

Mark

Hellfire - 1/6/05 at 11:47 PM

not forgetting MK of course!

NS Dev - 2/6/05 at 07:05 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Mark18
Luego locost stuff is what I have - looks fantastic but seems to have gone up a good bit in price since I got mine. Stuart Taylor also do well proportioned stuff but may require some fettling.

Mark


Yep agree with the above for the "cater***esque" look. The Stuart Taylor bodywork can lack quality but does look nicely proportioned.

David Jenkins - 2/6/05 at 07:29 AM

I bought my fibreglass through Triton, but I believe that GTS now sell stuff from the same maker (Darren - can you confirm?).

Anyway - I was VERY impressed with the quality - solid, rigid, and well-finished.

David

clbarclay - 2/6/05 at 09:34 AM

I'm using MK fibre glass on a locost.

The MK rear arches seem to fit the live axle very well (locost arches as opposed to indy arches I suspect). 175 tyres arnt dwarfed, but theres still room for say 195 tyres. The same goes for the front cycle wings.

One problem is the indy nose cone doesn't follow chassis tubes J1/J2 too well. At the bonnet end the in the right place, but at the front of the chassis the nose cone is half off the tubes.
Not too distasterous, but you can't just rivnut through the fibreglass inot the chassis rails.

The scuttle seems to fit quite well. Enough flex in it to allow for slight miss alignment (probbaly more my chassis than the scuttle).

Over all good and solid, but not shatteringly ridgid.

[Edited on 2/6/05 by clbarclay]

Triton - 4/6/05 at 01:35 PM

David, Yellow if i remember right and that was a good 2 years ago.
Cheers
Mark